How to Die in Good Health
by Dhruv Khullar
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
How to Die in Good Health
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Soul Man
Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court Majority: You’re Doing It Wrong
by Louis Menand
In our system of government, the Constitution has the final say. But it doesn’t come with a user manual.
The Amazon Patrol
Letter from Roraima
The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon
by Jon Lee Anderson
As miners ravage Yanomami lands, combat-trained environmentalists work to root them out.
Time’s Up
What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?
by Sam Knight
Living standards have fallen. The country is exhausted by constant drama. But the U.K. can’t move on from the Tories without facing up to the damage that has occurred.
At the Ballpark: I See London, I See France!
At Bat
At the Ballpark: I See London, I See France!
by Zach Helfand
Fashion experts weigh in on Major League Baseball’s new inadvertently see-through uniforms, which leave nothing to the imagination.
Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
by Evan Osnos
Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection.
What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
by Kathryn Schulz
Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it?
Gwyneth v. Skier: You Be the Judge!
The Boards
Gwyneth v. Skier: You Be the Judge!
by Anna Russell
Two London playwrights prep for “Gwyneth Goes Skiing,” a comic play about Gwyneth Paltrow’s legal battle with an optometrist over a crash on the slopes in Deer Valley.
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld
Letter from London
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld
by Patrick Radden Keefe
After Zac Brettler mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his grieving parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son. Would the police help them solve the puzzle of his death?
The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave
Letter from Spain
The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave
by D. T. Max
Beatriz Flamini liked to be alone so much that she decided to live underground—and pursue a world record. The experience was gruelling and surreal.